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Title: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Dimondback on March 27, 2012, 08:17:00 PM
We had a rainy weekend that kept me out of the river and the trout safe so I decided to build a side quiver for some up-coming 3D shoots so that I didn't have to wear my back-soaking back quiver. I carved some acorns and oak leaves on the decorative piece and used a oak leaf stamp on the strap followed my a dark brown leather stain (still needs some mink oil though and touchup on the lacing holes). Should be a useful piece of gear and I look forward to giving this quiver style a try....Whatcha' think?

(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g456/CPTDimondback/FullQuiver.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g456/CPTDimondback/QuiverDetail.jpg)
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Green on March 27, 2012, 08:29:00 PM
Nice work there.  Did you leather wrap a dowel for the rod?
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Post by: jsweka on March 27, 2012, 08:48:00 PM
That's a really nice style of quiver.  I made one like it a couple years ago and my buddy who is new to trad archery needed a quiver last year when we went to Denton Hill so I let him use it.  Well, he liked it so much that it became his.  I need to get some more leather and make myself another.

Yours is much nicer than mine was.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Dimondback on March 27, 2012, 08:54:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Green:
Nice work there.  Did you leather wrap a dowel for the rod?
Thanks! The rod is actually two Easton Alum. shafts that I cut to length, epoxied together side-by-side and wrapped 1/8" leather lacing around. A drop of super glue on the shaft every few wraps keeps things tight if your lacing breaks or slips from your hand.
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Mike Vines on March 27, 2012, 08:59:00 PM
Very nice work.
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: WJackson11x on March 27, 2012, 09:17:00 PM
That's Awesome!  I may need to make one of those guys.  I love my homemade backquiver, but I'm really liking this.  Great work.
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: moleman on March 27, 2012, 09:31:00 PM
Very Nice! Im thinking that would make a great stalking quiver as well as for 3D. Well done.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: SportHunter on March 27, 2012, 10:40:00 PM
Looks great! Very nicely done.
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Post by: Stump73 on March 27, 2012, 10:42:00 PM
Nice work!
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Post by: Gen273 on March 28, 2012, 12:11:00 AM
Nice!!! I like it
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Post by: rdoggsilva on March 28, 2012, 02:05:00 AM
Great job, I really like it.
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Post by: battman on March 28, 2012, 05:45:00 AM
Very nice work, turned out great.
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Post by: PeteA on March 28, 2012, 02:18:00 PM
Great Job! Can you post a little how-to? Would love to make one of these.
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Post by: Norminator on March 28, 2012, 04:24:00 PM
Very nice. Love to see all the different ideas form the talented artisans on this site.

Norm from Canuckistan
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Post by: BrownA5 on March 28, 2012, 05:17:00 PM
Very nicely done.  I like the leather carving.  I will try my hand at something like this!
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Post by: JV Rooster on March 28, 2012, 06:32:00 PM
Well done. I like it!
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Post by: wooddamon1 on March 28, 2012, 07:15:00 PM
That's a sweet quiver! Nice job!    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Rustic on March 28, 2012, 08:47:00 PM
Very Nice.   :thumbsup:  Where did you get your leather??
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Post by: CLOVIS on March 28, 2012, 08:52:00 PM
Great leather work.
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: jbat73 on March 29, 2012, 12:44:00 PM
Awesome work, thanks for the pics, J   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Dimondback on March 30, 2012, 11:25:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Rustic:
Very Nice.    :thumbsup:   Where did you get your leather??
I order my tooling leather from Tandy Leather. For this project I used 9-10oz leather for the upper portion and for the non-tooled lower portion. The tooled portion is 5 oz vegetable tanned tooling leather glued and hand-stitched to the smooth piece. The leather lacing I got from a local craft supply (Michael's/Hobby Lobby).
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Dimondback on March 31, 2012, 12:00:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by PeteA:
Great Job! Can you post a little how-to? Would love to make one of these.
Will do....unfortunately I did not take any pictures during the build but I can draw some pics and post them.
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: TOEJAMMER on March 31, 2012, 01:34:00 AM
Pretty good copy of one of Bobby Ratliff's Highnoon Quiver.  They are great quivers.
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Thumper Dunker on March 31, 2012, 01:56:00 AM
Realnice.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Latest Leather Project...Leather Side Quiver
Post by: Dimondback on April 01, 2012, 06:02:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by TOEJAMMER:
Pretty good copy of one of Bobby Ratliff's Highnoon Quiver.  They are great quivers.
Had no idea...I will look that one up. I kind of just put this one together based on some of the pictures I had seen on this site of others' gear.

Just checked his work...you are right! It is funny, I actually have seen some of those pictures before doing research for ideas and I realized that I "straight-up-stole" the top quiver portion style from one of them. I'll take it as a complement and hope he takes it as "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"  :D